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blues. Some of the larkspurs and the browaUias are perhaps 

 the nearest approach to them. 



For lower-growing and less gross mass-displays, the following 

 are good: Cahfornia poppies for oranges and yellows; sweet 

 sultans for purples, whites, and pale yellows; petunias for 

 purples, violets, and whites; larkspurs for blues and violets; 

 bachelor's buttons (or cornflowers) for blues; calUopsis and 

 coreopsis and calendulas for yellows; gaillardias for red-yellows 

 and orange-reds; China asters for many colors. 



For still less robustness, good mass-displays can be made with 

 the following : alyssums and candytufts for whites; phloxes for 

 whites and various pinks and reds; lobelias and browallias for 

 blues; pinks for whites and various shades of pink; stocks 

 for whites and reds; wallflowers for brown-yellows; verbenas for 

 many colors. 



A garden of pleasant annual flowers is not complete that 

 does not contain some of the "everlastings" or immortelles. 

 These "paper flowers" are always interesting to children. 

 They are not so desirable fcr th3 making of "dry bouquets" 

 as for their value as a part of a garden. The colors are bright, 

 the blooms hold long on the plant, and most of the kinds are 

 very easy to grow. My favorite groups are the different kinds 

 of xeranthemums and helichrysums. The globe amaranths, 

 with clover-like heads (sometimes known as bachelor's but- 

 tons), are good old favorites. Rhodanthes and acrocliniums 

 are also good and reliable. 



The ornamental grasses should not be overlooked. They add 

 a note to the flower-garden and to bouquets that is distinct 

 and can be secured by no other plants. They are easily grown. 

 Some of the good annual grasses are Agrostis nebulosa, the 

 brizas, Bromus brizceformis, the species of eragrostis and penhise- 

 tums, and Coix Lachryma as a curiosity. Such good lawn 

 grasses as arundo, pampas-grass, eulalias, and erianthus are 

 perennials and are therefore not included in this discussion. 



